Posted on 09/27/2008 5:50:14 PM PDT by Onelife Onecountry
I wholeheartely agree.
This is why I find it so infuriating when McCain talks about “reaching across the aisle.”
YOU NEGOTIATE WITH THE ENEMY WITH YOU KNEE ON THEIR CHEST AND YOUR KNIFE AT THEIR THROAT!
That’s what I call “bipartisanship.”
Making enemies of other Americans is un-American, in my book. Extreme partisanship has gotten us nowhere—and declaring ‘war’ on half the population seems to go against one of the values we were founded on ‘United We Stand’. I thought McCain showed a lot of class opening last night with concern for Kenndy’s health.
And what has “bipartisanship” gotten us?
Hmmmm??????
The “cold war” stage of Civil War II has already started. In fact it probably started about 40 years ago. The right just got engaged about 25 years ago, in the Reagan Era. The left’s strategy appears to be to use immigrants as their surrogate fighters, fund themselves with internationalist finaciers like Soros, and use external threats (China, terrorism, etc) as a diversion. If they can make enough headway without firing a shot, they will do so. Since they control the bureaucracy, education, the media, religious organizations, all they need to do for their control to be complete is to control natural resources, the means of production and distribution and the military. Sorry to say their plan seems to be working pretty damned well.
Just glad the Founders didn’t have your attitude.
So you don’t believe there are Americans who are enemies of America?
If you think the answer is to declare half the country an enemy and then treat them as such you are by definition un-American. Politics in a democracy is compromise—maybe not the most palatable idea to those of us who hold our beliefs strongly, but it’s fact. Don’t you remember those infuriating filibusters? That’s what non-bipartisanship gets us. A lot of petty infighting.
Many democratic ideas are actually laudable but whenever they try to write legislation they invariably go overboard and then compound the problem by seeing the solutions as a way to get more people on their side. The republicans would be wise to take their best ideas and improve on them. This would give the American people the best of both worlds and totally marginalize the dems. All out war with half the country makes no sense to me.
I will not bow to anyone. Ever.
All very laudable sentiments....try them out on the “other half.”
OK, hang on here a second.
Are you going to try to tell me that you can look at Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi and Chuch Schumer and the rest of the usual suspects and tell me IT’S NOT WORTH GOING TO WAR AGAINST THEM?
Are you REALLY trying to tell me you think you can “get along” with them for a better America?????
Really????
I’m telling you there is NO WAY!
Name one?
I can’t name one - not a SINGLE ONE.
Are you going to tell me you want to go to war with your fellow Americans rather than try to engage them in debate, politics and compromise? Do you really think that is what’s best for this country? If that is what this great country has become in your mind I feel sorry for you. In a huge country you don’t get “your way” all the time. It’s not possible. There are just too many issues with too many sides. Just because someone disagrees with you on some of the issues you hold dear does not make them your enemy. That is undemocratic and un-American. Civics needs to be a little more civil—unless you’re looking for a civil way, but that seems un-American.
" ... and may God have mercy on their souls. Amen."
yup... like Saul Alinsky says, so what if it has to go through one disaffected generation.
Tell that to the digital brown shirt brigades under orders to shut down media outlets by jamming their phone lines and web sites. The media outlets that are merely interviewing authors of books that happen to be critical of the Messiah.
Tell that to the Messiah who has attempted to sic the justice department on media outlets and TV stations demanding that ads be pulled and the stations be penalized or investigated.
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